Capetanios Oz wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:21:32 -0500, "Simple Simon"
wrote:



Then the installer or the inspector would catch the
error long before it ever got to the customer.

S.Simon

Ya think?
Friend of mine was nearly killed in a light plane crash.
Was doing the test flight after a major and it wanted to dive in after
takeoff even as he pulled back and trimmed up.
Twigged seconds before impact that the more he trimmed up the worse it
got.....trim wheel was installed upside down despite checks, rechecks
and preflight it had been missed.

That's bull****, Ozzy. Preflight for a small aircraft is at neutral, then
you trim accordingly at take-off. If it goes the opposite way, any pilot
who flies "by the seat of his pants" would know not to keep trimming the
damn aircraft all the way to the ground. Was the your son, flight student?

Would you trim the sails for the opposite direction and not figure out what
is wrong? Pretty much the same thing to me...

LP